Free Summer Programs for Bible Study

Every year I try to find a way to give something back to the communities that support us. The projects have been varied - we've donated furniture to help the victims of Katrina, worked with summer youth programs, done some litter pick-ups ...... the usual mix for anyone with a desire to help others.

This year I wanted to try and offer something more unique and with the potential of more impact. That can be a hard goal to reach but I think this may be it.

One of our websites (www.The-Log.net) is a commercial classroom provider. It provides the software and technical needs for people to teach online classes just like colleges and schools. We don't sell software or the actual course materials. We provide empty classes so companies can teach new employees or provide "in-service" training over the Internet using their own materials but on our servers. (We are a "hosted" solution.)

Here is this year's project. We will offer about 1000 student seats to anyone who wants to teach a Bible study class, or possibly a Scout group program, or any other "moral education" course that helps people improve their community. If your goal is to help people find a better way to live, we want to help you do this.

You will get all the usual testing and grading abilities just like a usual online school class and each teacher will be issued a unique"enrollment key" to give to their own students. We envisage this being used by youth pastors who need to develop their teaching skills, or by someone who wants to put together an online class for our troops stationed overseas, or maybe to help invalids who can reach the Internet.

We will consider any request for a free class that involves children's activities.

We will waive the usual teacher and student fees for our services. The classes will be empty; (you'll need to create the course materials yourself) but if you can use a computer to reach the Internet you can probably do this without much problem. Your free classes will be hosted through our servers 24/7 just like any paying customer. Your students will create their own free user accounts to login just as they would in school.

I invite you to pass our offer along to your local churches and civic organizations. My hope is to fill all 1000 student seats and help that many people find new strength in their lives. If the response becomes overwhelming, we will answer the requests on a "first-come" basis. Here is the website again: www.The-Log.net